306 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). [Loranthu&. 



I lin. long.— Pfl. Ost-Afr. 0. 106, t. IC, figs. A-C ; Engl. & Prantl^ 

 Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 129. Oedina erecta, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. France, xlii. 249. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Usambai'a ; Mtai, by the stream Tewe, on Agauria salici- 

 folia. Hook, f., Eolst, 2460, 2466 ! 



63. Ij. poecilobotrys, Werth, Veg. Ins. Sansibar, 35. Branchlet& 

 terete, dark brown, nearly smooth, IJ lin, in diam. 9 in. below the 

 apex, rusty-pilose in a young state; internodes 1-1 j in. long. Leaves 

 subopposite, subsessile, broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, cordate at 

 the base, 1-lf in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous,, 

 rusty-pilose in a young state, soon becoming glabrous ; lateral nerves 

 2-3 on each side, patulous, very slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 



bout J lin. long. Racemes axillary, solitary, about 10-flowered, exceed- 

 ng the leaves; peduncle 7-10 lin. long, stellate-puberulous ; rhachis 

 4-7 lin. long; pedicels |-1 lin. long, rusty-pilose; bract erect, ovate- 

 anceolate, ^— | lin. long, rusty-pilose outside; insertion of the flower 

 very oblique. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, | lin. long, rusty- 

 pilose. Calyx about y\- lin. long. Corolla IJ in. long, minutely rusty- 

 pilose outside with stellate hairs, basal swelling ovoid-globose, 1-1 J lin. 

 long, remainder of tube funnel-shaped, 6 lin. long ; lobes united in the 

 shape of an hour-glass in bud, separating from below upwards, linear- 

 spathulate from a triangular base, 9 lin. long. Filaments inserted 3|^ 

 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, linear below, much broadened 

 above ; anthers hardly J lin. long. Style broadened above. 

 Mozamb. Blstr. Zanzibar : Mitscl:awi, Werth ! 



Very near L. amhiguus, Engl., from wliich it seems to differ in very little 

 •xcept the leaves. 



64. L. curvirameus, Engl. Pji. Ost-Afr, C. 1G5. Branchlet& 

 greyish, 1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, finely and rather densely 

 lenticellate ; internodes |-1J in. long. Leaves opposite, subopposite 

 or alternate, obovate-oblong or more rarely obovate, 1|-3J in. long, 

 J-1 J in. broad, rounded at the apex, obtuse or acute at the base, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, obliquely ascending, 

 raised on both surfaces; petiole 2-5 lin. long. Racemes axillary, 1-3 

 together; peduncle up to G lin. long; rhachis lJ-2 in. long, rather 

 densely fulvous-pilose ; pedicels about J lin. long, fulvous-pilose ; bract 

 ovate, acute, shorter than the receptacle and calyx, fulvous-pilose. 

 Receptacle and calyx together narrowly cupular, |-J lin. long, densely 

 fulvous-pilose. Calyx about J lin. long. Corolla nearly IJ in. long, 

 rather densely fulvous-pilose outside with stellate hairs, basal swelling 

 ovoid-oblong, 2 lin. long, remainder of tube funnel-shaped, 6 J lin. long ; 

 lobes linear-spathulate from a triangular base, 9 lin. long. Filaments 

 inserted about 3J lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, linear below, 

 broadened above; anthers truncate-emarginate {Engler). Disc | lin. 

 high. Berry ellipsoid, 2^ lin. long. — Engl. Jahrb. xl. 523. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Usambaraj Amani, Branv, 9771 

 coast opposite Zanzibar; Vikindo, Sluhlmann, 6107! 



